Posted on 05/26/2013 3:16:47 PM PDT by upchuck
Drives me nuts. IMO it's the "Look at me!" syndrome.
Count me in with the Freepers on this thread who have a cheap phone for emergencies. I only take the thing with me when I'm away from home, in case of an emergency or a breakdown. Otherwise it's turned off. I've never been a phone yapper, even when I was a teenager, and I do not want to be accessible all the time. Nor do I need to take the internet with me wherever I go.
Must be nice to have a ‘job’ were all you do is talk and answer emails.
Well you won’t hear me complaining about it.
Excellent observation. Really pisses me off. Sheer meanness seems to becoming more prevalent in society. A shame. I see this even here in South Carolina, one of the supposedly genteel states. But I notice it mostly among young kids. Glad I'm old :)
Ignorance can be cured:
There's Memory Alpha,
or you could go to a library / used-bookstore and see if they have sci-fi books,
or there's Amazon & ebay (you're going to want the Original Series).
At the cafe where I often sip not a latte but Earl Grey tea, there is little if any of human interaction between the patrons. Most of the patrons are students, with Macs, some older guys with PCs, and the only talk you’ll hear is among the old guys. The young server behind the counter, a Mexican, when he’s not brewing coffee or making samwitches, is playing with his smartphone.
The problem with smartphones, and sometimes I walk down the street betting myself that I won’t see a young woman without a cellphone before I reach my destination, and I usually win, the problem with cellphones is that people apparently always want to be somewhere else. A few years ago I was sitting at a bar and there were two guys in the corner who came in together. One of them was on the cellphone the whole time, ignoring his companion. And he kept talking about what he would do when he’d get to where his phone conversation partner was. And I thought that he’d be there talking on his cellphone again about what he’d do when he got to wherever that conversation partner was.
People are restless and want to be somewhere else, where nirvana awaits them.
I have one of the latest smarty-pants phones.
I use it to FReep.
I follow Heritage Foundation, FreedomWorks, Bretbart News, Twitchy, TheBlaze, UK Daily Mail, Fox News, etc-etc on the “twit” site.
I have a ping list for breaking email to folks that retrans my stuff to their lists.
More than one way to use “New Media!”
And work?
Yea, I got their phone number ID’ed so I can ignore their calls. It is almost always some slug that didn’t show and they want me to fill in.
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Some company could make very good money by producing a GOOD dumbphone. Lousy user interfaces in a fat package is absurd.
I won’t have anything to do with fiction never have and never will!
Same thing here. Works fine.
Got that right.
Same here, only have it for emergency use.
Agreed.
On the other hand, the newly elected PA House 95th district rep is complaining that he'll need to surrender his government-owned Blackberry when he ceases to be a City employee:
www.ydr.com/politics/ci_23323521/q-amp-whats-kevin-schreibers-mind-he-prepares
I use my cell for calls & text. 250 minutes talking a month & about 400-500 text a month. Before that I carried a number read out only Pager and had to try and find a pay phone. It gives me a lot more freedom to leave the house for needed errands and some time out and peace of mind when doing so I would not otherwise have. I have no need to check email with it or browse though. For me the cell phone is a blessing.
All I do is make and receive calls; I’ve disabled everything else. Battery charge lasts 6-7 days.
Still true though.
I don’t even know what a Blackberry is or does. Heh...
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